This year marks the 500th anniversary of the German Peasants’ War, the largest European uprising before the French Revolution ...

German authorities say a car-ramming incident in the southwestern city of Mannheim that killed two people Monday was a deliberate attack but it does not appear to have been politically or ...

Brösche had her German passport, confirmation of her visa waiver to enter the country, along with a copy of her return ticket back to Berlin, Lofving said. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...

Saim Dušan Inayatullah DPA and German media reports 02/28/2025 February 28, 2025 Friedrich Merz aims to swiftly form government after his conservative bloc's February 23 election win.

But he is already acting as the future German chancellor. Three days after his victory, the Christian Democrat Friedrich Merz dined with President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Wednesday ...

Covid-19 was followed in 2022 by war in Ukraine, soaring energy prices and cooling Chinese demand for German wares. Europe’s biggest economy last grew year on year in the first quarter of 2023 ...

Voters turned out in record numbers for the German election. Here’s a look in charts at the wins and losses, seats in parliament, possible coalition outcomes and voter demographics ...

Merz, 69, has never held a ministerial job, but he has promised if he becomes the next German chancellor to show leadership in Europe and beef up support for Ukraine. Most Germans have been ...

But the term can also refer to the mass deportation of migrants and their descendants. In May 2024 a German court rejected an AfD appeal against a ruling classifying it as a suspected far-right ...

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In the end, there were no surprises. The German people delivered what the opinion polls predicted. They turned substantially right, rejecting the left leaning coalition that has governed for the ...

The new German government will also play a key role in shaping Europe's relationship with the Trump administration. Polls are due to open at 8am and close at 6pm. Germans can also vote by postal ...